To the Indian Nation, I may not be the right person on this Committee, because I don't understand why as a Nation you have to come and ask for permission from the Federal Government to do something with your own land because we, the Federal Government, are the ones that put you on that land to start with.
Carl questions the need for tribes to seek federal permission for land use.
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